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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Last post by rivka on June 07, 2024, 01:20:51 PM »
I have been using captions on Netflix and Prime a lot lately. And have noted when they do (or do not) indicate in the caption when speakers elide letters. (As in the example, do the captions say "gonna" or "going to" when what was said was definitely the former, etc. Do the captions reflect accents, real (either of the actor or the character) or temporary (like funny voices when a parent is reading a book to a child), and so on.) It's quite interesting.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Last post by Jonathon on June 07, 2024, 12:23:50 PM »
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by pooka on June 05, 2024, 10:19:33 AM »
It was the first time I'd seen it, and it was not a fully peer reviewed article.  More of a thesis. 
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Tante Shvester on June 04, 2024, 11:56:41 AM »
Lately it's been bothering me that slaughter and laughter are not anywhere close in pronunciation.
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by Tante Shvester on June 04, 2024, 11:52:57 AM »
As a GenX person, I understand "narc" to mean "snitch".
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English & Linguistics / Re: "Endorse" in medicine
« Last post by Tante Shvester on June 04, 2024, 11:51:15 AM »
As a nurse, when I say "endorse" it means taking something that is my responsibility and making it someone else's  problem. 
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by rivka on June 03, 2024, 06:10:40 PM »
I have seen it a handful of times recently.

I was very confused the first couple times. Now I just roll my eyes and go on.

Edit: It's been included on the Wiktionary listing for several years. Huh.

Edit2: And there's this discussion on Reddit.
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by Jonathon on June 03, 2024, 04:08:38 PM »
I don't think I've encountered "narc" to mean "narcissist".
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by pooka on June 03, 2024, 04:06:53 PM »
An article using "narc" to mean narcissist caused me to look up:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/narcotic#etymonline_v_2285
It seems there is no relation.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Last post by pooka on May 31, 2024, 11:53:16 AM »
 :D
My sister who is in her 40's is going back to SLP school and hasn't used IPA before.  I was trying to help her start practicing before she hits the ground in the fall.  I thought she'd be really excited about it since she's the one sibling who didn't learn to spell based on the prediction of an elementary teacher that we'd be going to phonetic spelling (I guess this would have been in the 80's).
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